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Endymion FRS MK1
Oct 28, 2011


LCD Deathpanel posted:

Just wait until you strap a custom cooler on the videocard and start getting about any sounds coming from the PC whatsoever.

I've thought about getting one actually, a 7950 at 1100 can get sorta warm.

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Siochain
May 24, 2005

I think her expression looks more, like, wistful.


Endymion FRS MK1 posted:

I've thought about getting one actually, a 7950 at 1100 can get sorta warm.

I just went from a custom-cooled 6950 (still working, but the digital outputs died, so its being used by the wife) to a 7950, not custom-cooled. Its so loud I'm getting really close to picking up a cooler for it. But I'm waiting for one more generation of card, then I'll do it.

Endymion FRS MK1
Oct 28, 2011


Siochain posted:

I just went from a custom-cooled 6950 (still working, but the digital outputs died, so its being used by the wife) to a 7950, not custom-cooled. Its so loud I'm getting really close to picking up a cooler for it. But I'm waiting for one more generation of card, then I'll do it.

Luckily Gigabyte's Windforce cooler is pretty good and relatively quiet. Much better than the Sapphire 6950 and it's cooler it replaced.

Factory Factory
Mar 19, 2010

I can do sex. It's just alien sex.


Here's a fun one, since I've been on an electronics kick recently: Overclocking the Game Boy Color:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwJQxD8LLNY

Siochain
May 24, 2005

I think her expression looks more, like, wistful.


Endymion FRS MK1 posted:

Luckily Gigabyte's Windforce cooler is pretty good and relatively quiet. Much better than the Sapphire 6950 and it's cooler it replaced.

I've got the Gigabyte. Its so loud compared to the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme III I was running on the 6950 hahah.

HalloKitty
Sep 30, 2005

less faggotry, more rs4.

Factory Factory posted:

Here's a fun one, since I've been on an electronics kick recently: Overclocking the Game Boy Color:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwJQxD8LLNY

I'm surprised how high it goes without locking up! That's pretty awesome.

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Shaocaholica
Oct 29, 2002


IF ONLY MY $2300 MONITOR COULD DISPLAY THE REASON THAT I AM LITERALLY UNABLE TO STOP GODDAMN POSTING

This is probably old reading for people but whatever. Whether you advocate delidding/direct die cooling or not, I found this post on anandtech forums really entertaining in a positive way. The poster is quite meticulous in a very scientific/engineery way.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2261855



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